New Releases by Julian May

They have embraced the past to escape the future. A small group journeyed through a time-gate into Europe''s prehistoric past. Yet this supposedly unspoilt sanctuary holds two alien races locked in combat. In a world where the human-like Tanu have the upper hand, Elizabeth Orme soon encounters trouble. When they find she possesses rare mind powers, they want her for their own. She won''t be used as a pawn in a Tanu versus Firvulag war, but Aiken Drum can''t wait to get involved. Aiken discovers the Tanu''s mind-enhancing torcs have given him his own powerful abilities. And it''s not long before he devises a plan to challenge the Tanu''s leader - for rule of the Many-Coloured Land itself. But another faction seeks the slaughter of all humans, and he stands in their path.

Twelve years after the princess Haramis, Kadiya, and Anigel wielded the three-part Scepter of Power to vanquish the sorcerer Orogastus, the Archimage Haramis is visited by a fugitive who brings dire news. A sorcerer has escaped from the Klimilon, remote Land of Fire and Ice, to established himself through force of magic as Portolanus, Master of Tuuzamen. Haramis''s talisman cannot--or will not--tell her whether Portolanus is the long-banished Orogastus, but it brings ominous intelligence: The sorcerer has brought from his exile a magical object that can unbound the three talismans of the Scepter, transferring their powers from the sisters to Portolanus himself. Even more fearsome, Haramis''s talisman reveals a grave threat to the unity of the sisters and the future of Ruwenda . . .for the sacred Black Trillium contained within the amulet worn by each sister has changed, its petals stained the color of blood.

An origin story of Julian May’s Galactic Milieu Trilogy and a link to her Saga of Pliocene Exile—“a superb piece of speculative fiction” (Library Journal). They have always been among us—the telepaths, the persons possessing higher mind-powers that have been called “metapsychic”—but they have always been few and far between and their abilities weak or erratic. Until now . . . Human evolution makes a quantum leap. And all over the world, people begin to be born with extraordinary minds. Some of them are geniuses and some are very ordinary. But all of these metapsychic operants have mind-powers that “normal” humanity considers amazing—and dangerous. Intervention paints this advent of Homo superior in a broad and colorful chronicle that begins in 1945 and culminates in 2013. Its many characters reveal the impact of higher mind-powers upon the possessors themselves, upon their “normal” associates, and upon a troubled society striving to avoid nuclear annihilation. The metapsychic operants are secretive and fearful at first. When they reveal themselves they are regarded with awe, exploited, and finally persecuted. They are torn by the dilemma of what role to play: are they destined to save the “normal” from global war, even if it means that they must use their mental powers to subjugate the race that gave birth to them? The book’s principal protagonists are members of the Remillard family of New Hampshire—whose descendants are featured in Julian May’s worldwide bestselling Saga of Pliocene Exile. Intervention details with humor, thundering action, and scientific insight a world where the human mind does much more than think—a world that is fantastic, but by no means implausible.

The fourth and final volume of The Saga of Pliocene Exile. Until the arrival of Aiken Drum, the 100,000 humans who had fled backward in time to Pliocene exile on Earth knew little but slavery to the Tanu -- the humanoid aliens who came from another galaxy. But King Aiken''s rule is precarious, for the Tanu''s twisted bretheren are secretly maneuvering to bring about his downfall. Worse -- Aiken is about to confront a man of incredibly powerful Talents who nearly overthrew a galactic rule. He is Marc Remillard. Call him . . . The Adversary.

This is the third book in The Saga of the Exiles series. The domination of the Tanu has been broken. In the aftermath of cataclysm, Aiken Drum seizes the hour to grasp control of the Pilocene world. There are those, human and Tanu, who rally to him - and those who fear and hate him.

When a one-way time tunnel to Earth''s distant past, specifically six million B.C., was discovered by folks on the Galactic Milieu, every misfit for light-years around hurried to pass through it. Each sought his own brand of happiness. But none could have guessed what awaited them. Not even in a million years.... THE SAGA OF PLIOCENE EXILE Volume I:THE MANY-COLORED LAND Volume II:THE GOLDEN TORC Volume III:THE NONBORN KING Volume IV:THE ADVERSARY . . . and don''t miss A PLIOCENE COMPANION

By A.D. 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu for the freedom they thought existed at the end of the one-way time tunnel to Earth, six million B.C. But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who''d fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways. And now the humans had made the Tanu stronger than the Firvulag, their degenerate brethren and ritual antagonists. Soon the Tanu would reign supreme. Or so they thought...

Relates the history of Baltimore''s football team, detailing their 1971 Super Bowl game against the Dallas Cowboys.

A simple discussion of new evidence that dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals and not reptiles as previously believed.

A brief history describing the games and players of the Los Angeles team that won three NFC West titles in a row.

A brief history describing the games and the players of the San Francisco football team.

A brief history of the Washington, D.C., football team that after a long losing period turned into one of the country''s strongest teams.

A brief history of the Minnesota Vikings from their first game in 1961 to 1975 when they won twelve out of fourteen games.

Discusses the nine horses that have won in a single year all three races comprising the Triple Crown Championship: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

Discusses the various events composing the Winter Olympics and the history of these events.

A history of the America''s Cup competition, the classic race between American and foreign yachts which began in 1851.

Details the history of the most prestigious stock car race of all, the Daytona 500, held in Daytona, Florida, every February.

Discusses boxing in the United States and some of the heavyweight champions of the world.

Gives a brief history of the Kentucky Derby from 1875 to the present day.

A brief description of the United States Open Golf Tournament, one of the world''s major annual tournaments, open to both amateurs and professionals.

A brief history of the Masters Golf Tournament, an open tournament held each year at the Augusta, Georgia, National Golf Club.